From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1My6Tf-00081P-S3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:13:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1My6Tb-0007xa-0f for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:13:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42604 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1My6Ta-0007xO-Q1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:13:22 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f43.google.com ([209.85.160.43]:53772) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1My6Ta-00034V-Cs for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:13:22 -0400 Received: by pwj1 with SMTP id 1so90959pwj.2 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:13:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: slightlyunconventional@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <33118209.3680361255509118605.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <33118209.3680361255509118605.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:13:20 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Booting AIX / First try w/QEMU From: Hollis Blanchard Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502cafeffef1b0475e77021 List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Laurent Vivier Cc: teners@bh90210.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org --00504502cafeffef1b0475e77021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Laurent Vivier wrote: > >To whom it shall concern, > > > >I have absolutely no time for mailing lists or to spend much time on > >this other than to report the bug, so please understand I am just here > >to report this, and have little time for continued testing of it. I > >leave that to you, the developers. > > > >I ran into two different bugs attempting to try QEMU 0.11, under > >CentOS 5.3 64bit (fully updated), QEMU compiled from source > >flawlessly, while under under VirtualBox on a Lenvo T400 laptop. > > > >My goal was to try to boot an AIX CDROM from QEMU 0.11 (AIX 6.1), I > >never got that far due to these bugs. > > > > > >Bug #1: > > > >It seems to complain about some 1MB BIOS file being missing or > >dysfunctional, really I did not see any BIOS files that big, so, I > >gave up with this type of boot. Then I tried below, "Bug #2", met with > >more problems, so I gave up entirely as I had no more time to play > >with it. > > > >/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc -nographic -hda aix.raw -cdrom > >./Image_091013_1359.iso -M prep > >qemu: hardware error: PowerPC 601 / 620 / 970 need a 1MB BIOS > > > >CPU #0: > >NIP fff00100 LR 00000000 CTR 00000000 XER 00000000 > >MSR 00000040 HID0 00000000 HF 00000000 idx 1 > >TB 00000000 00000000 DECR ffffffff > >GPR00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR04 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR08 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR12 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR16 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR24 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >GPR28 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >CR 00000000 [ - - - - - - - - ] RES ffffffff > >FPR00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR04 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR08 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR12 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR16 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR24 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPR28 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > >FPSCR 00000000 > >SRR0 00000000 SRR1 00000000 SDR1 00000000 > >t: line 5: 11668 Aborted > >/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc -nographic -hda aix.raw -cdrom > >./Image_091013_1359.iso -M prep > >[root@localhost qemu]# > > To boot AIX6.1, you must emulate a CHRP with at least a POWER4. > Moreover, AIX6.1 needs the hypervisor support in OpenFirmware (which is not > the case of OpenBIOS). > This bug ("1MB BIOS") has nothing to do with the code he's trying to run: it's ppc_prep.c refusing to work with openbios. -Hollis --00504502cafeffef1b0475e77021 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Laurent= Vivier <Laurent@vivier.eu> wrote:
>To whom it shall concern,
>
>I have absolutely no time for mailing lists or to spend much time on >this other than to report the bug, so please understand I am just here<= br> >to report this, and have little time for continued testing of it. I
>leave that to you, the developers.
>
>I ran into two different bugs attempting to try QEMU 0.11, under
>CentOS 5.3 64bit (fully updated), QEMU compiled from source
>flawlessly, while under under VirtualBox on a Lenvo T400 laptop.
>
>My goal was to try to boot an AIX CDROM from QEMU 0.11 (AIX 6.1), I
>never got that far due to these bugs.
>
>
>Bug #1:
>
>It seems to complain about some 1MB BIOS file being missing or
>dysfunctional, really I did not see any BIOS files that big, so, I
>gave up with this type of boot. Then I tried below, "Bug #2",= met with
>more problems, so I gave up entirely as I had no more time to play
>with it.
>
>/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc -nographic -hda aix.raw -cdrom
>./Image_091013_1359.iso -M prep
>qemu: hardware error: PowerPC 601 / 620 / 970 need a 1MB BIOS
>
>CPU #0:
>NIP fff00100 =A0 LR 00000000 CTR 00000000 XER 00000000
>MSR 00000040 HID0 00000000 =A0HF 00000000 idx 1
>TB 00000000 00000000 DECR ffffffff
>GPR00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR04 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR08 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR12 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR16 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR24 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>GPR28 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>CR 00000000 =A0[ - =A0- =A0- =A0- =A0- =A0- =A0- =A0- =A0] =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 RES ffffffff
>FPR00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR04 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR08 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR12 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR16 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR24 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPR28 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000= 00
>FPSCR 00000000
>SRR0 00000000 SRR1 00000000 SDR1 00000000
>t: line 5: 11668 Aborted
>/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc -nographic -hda aix.raw -cdrom
>./Image_091013_1359.iso -M prep
>[root@localhost qemu]#

To boot AIX6.1, you must emulate a CHRP with at least a POWER4.=
Moreover, AIX6.1 needs the hypervisor support in OpenFirmware (which is not= the case of OpenBIOS).

This bug ("1MB BIOS&q= uot;) has nothing to do with the code he's trying to run: it's ppc_= prep.c refusing to work with openbios.

-Hollis
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